A family name on Cambie Street, Downtown
The Whites
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named White at two addresses in 1940, all on Cambie Street, with the close spelling Whaite. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 148 other streets too, all listed on the White name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Whites lived
- 1
360 Cambie Street
Downtown, 1940
- Chef White, who ran a restaurant 1940
Next door in 1940: Coml Barber Shop at 346. The block, door by door
- 2
695 Cambie Street
Downtown, 1940
- C W White 1940
Next door in 1940: G J Kappert at 693 and Mrs M Stephen at 699. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a restaurant.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Chef White at 360 Cambie Street, who ran a restaurant. C W White is listed at 695 Cambie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles W White there as the householder.
Today
The City no longer lists 360 Cambie and 695 Cambie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- White Chef restr360 Cambie, p. 654
- White C W695 Cambie, p. 24
- White Chas W695 Cambie, p. 654
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Whites
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the White name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.